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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe way the noble Lord has put the question to me means that, plainly, this would be because of the illness, would it not? I want an assisted death because the illness is going to…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat was not really an intervention; it was just a statement. I should have said to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, that, as I said last week, I will make an amendment so that the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat was the very thought going through my mind as I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Harper, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. They just made the same speeches again. On the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will think about what the noble Baroness said. Perhaps it is my fault for not getting it. I will not write, but I will talk to her and listen to what she says.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not want to commit myself to where it will be. It will come somewhere, but I assume the best place for it, subject to advice, would be either with the co-ordinating doctor or…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI support the safeguards in my Bill, because I think they are the right safeguards. So, I do not support the proposals made. The Bill has got to be properly safeguarded, and my…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe are debating other people’s amendments at the moment. This debate has ranged pretty far and wide. These are not my amendments; they raise three particular issues. First, should…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord referred to amendment 1, amendment 2 and amendment 3. I apologise, but I did not know which his amendment 2 was.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank everybody who has contributed to this debate, in particular my noble friend Lady Blake, who ended up caught up in the eye of a storm that was not of her own making. I very…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThey are fundamentally different, but the idea that removing the respiratory equipment does not involve some acts is not realistic. But I completely accept the proposition that…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe broader question of whether this contributes to healthcare is for each of us to make our own judgment about. If noble Lords take the view—I am talking not about the legal…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is for Parliament to decide whether it is willing to pass the Bill. If Parliament is willing to pass the Bill, there may be the need for the legal change that the noble Lord,…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will certainly think about it. I am not quite sure what the noble Baroness is asking, but whatever it is, I will try to co-operate as much as possible.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI expect that it would not, but I cannot give a definitive view in relation to that. The reason I responded to the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, in the way that I did is because I…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will certainly try to provide that co-operation.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill“Informed wish” is in the language of the Bill.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise for interrupting. In group 50, we will deal with the process of the selection, approval and regulation of substances. In this group, we are dealing with making sure…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in this interesting and important debate. The amendments fall into four categories, all of which overlap. The first category is the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe format of the Bill asks: “Is it your wish to receive assistance?” It has to be an informed wish. It seems to me that there is no need to add in another concept—that of…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise; I should have answered that request. I do not want to write; I want to tell the noble Baroness the answer now. The Bill, in the places that I have indicated, says…23 Jan 2026